Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested, many in the low dressing category. Packer demand moderate. A total of 334 Cows and Bulls sold with 47% going to packers.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,762	77.39	1,364	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,470	67.50	993	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,238	58.88	729	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	55.37	615	40

Every lot, as filed

33 lots · USDA AMS · Woodward Livestock Auction Slaughter/Replacement Cattle - Woodward, OK

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,925	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	12,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	856	1,365.19/cwt	1,360.00–1,375.00	11,686	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,146	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	9,856	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,289	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	11,085	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,152	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	8,467	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,383	1,074.68/cwt	1,050.00–1,100.00	14,863	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,255	1,001.48/cwt	925.00–1,035.00	12,569	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,306	1,110.00/cwt	1,110.00–1,110.00	14,497	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,512	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	19,278	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	983.57/cwt	900.00–1,085.00	11,213	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,550	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	880	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,160	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	937.89/cwt	925.00–960.00	8,657	9
Bulls	—	—	2,160	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,966	1
Bulls	—	—	1,971	83.16/cwt	80.00–85.50	1,639	5
Bulls	—	—	1,651	74.13/cwt	64.50–80.00	1,224	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	65.66/cwt	65.00–67.00	788	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,386	59.94/cwt	59.50–61.00	831	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	62.57/cwt	60.00–65.00	819	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	932	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	396	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,491	62.52/cwt	62.00–63.00	932	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	65.76/cwt	64.00–67.50	931	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	69.10/cwt	67.00–73.00	1,036	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,255	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	778	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	54.18/cwt	53.00–58.00	580	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	992	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	565	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	997	39.50/cwt	39.50–39.50	394	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	871	34.71/cwt	29.50–36.00	302	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,010	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	576	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	918	59.15/cwt	57.00–61.00	543	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,171	59.73/cwt	58.00–63.00	699	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,227	61.47/cwt	58.00–63.00	754	15

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Oklahoma auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Woodward Livestock Auction Slaughter/Replacement Cattle - Woodward, OK

Tue Mar 3, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Oklahoma City, OK (LS-KO)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 158Last week 152Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 176Last week 182Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,150	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	856	1,360.00–1,375.00	1,365.19
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,146	860.00	860.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,289	860.00	860.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,152	735.00	735.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,383	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,074.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,255	925.00–1,035.00	1,001.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,306	1,110.00	1,110.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,512	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,140	900.00–1,085.00	983.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,140	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	880	700.00	700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	923	925.00–960.00	937.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,160	91.00	91.00
5	—	1,971	80.00–85.50	83.16
13	—	1,651	64.50–80.00	74.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,200	65.00–67.00	65.66
6	—	1,386	59.50–61.00	59.94
29	—	1,309	60.00–65.00	62.57
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	932	42.50	42.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,491	62.00–63.00	62.52
9	—	1,415	64.00–67.50	65.76
16	—	1,499	67.00–73.00	69.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	62.00	62.00
5	—	1,071	53.00–58.00	54.18
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	992	57.00	57.00
2	—	997	39.50	39.50
5	—	871	29.50–36.00	34.71
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	57.00	57.00
2	—	918	57.00–61.00	59.15
7	—	1,171	58.00–63.00	59.73
15	—	1,227	58.00–63.00	61.47

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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